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Originally Posted by dissention
Adolescence. One day I just woke up and said to myself that if I didn't lose it then, I'd be that weight for my entire life and die at forty. I was a skinny kid, but when I turned twelve, I ballooned. When I was fifteen, I was huge and that's when I knew I had to lose it. Now, I can eat whatever I like and miraculously not gain weight, but I do the South Beach Diet just to be heart healthy and keep low cholesterol. The good thing is that I lost it when I was still growing, so I have no stretch marks whatsoever.  |
My brother was a little like that at a younger age. Went from being huge from babyhood to being super-thin by ten. These days he's not as skinny, but still taller and thinner than I.
I never had to watch what I eat until I moved to Houston. So much less walking for necessity, for the first time in my life my metabolism has slowed. Colleagues walk and swim every day, and I might do the walking and running with them this year. I won't do weights and swim.
- Jake